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• Displaced and Adrift in Los Angeles

  NY Times piece on The Exiles, a 1960 film about Native Americans living on Bunker Hill that never received theatrical release. The movie has been restored and will be shown at UCLA.Jul 07

• LAT reports of more layoffs at LAT

  250 LAT employees, including 150 in editorial departments, were announced today. Print and web newsgathering staffs will fall under a unified budget.Jul 02

• Market Lofts Wins Mixed Use Award

  Architecture firm KTGY Group's Market Lofts received a Grand Award for Best Mixed-Use Project at the Gold Nugget Awards.Jul 02

• Rethinking Grand Avenue

  Angelenic's Rich Alossi had an opinion piece in the Times on Sunday, advocating smaller developments instead of master plans.Jun 30

• Changes Around the Times

  Cara DiMassa looks at changes around the L.A. Times complex over the years, touching on the shift from business headquarters to residential.Jun 27

• Q&A on Metro's Sales Tax Initiative

  Steve Hymon really cleaned up on coverage of today's Metro board meeting over at the Times' Bottleneck Blog. Here he gives a Q&A on what the board's decision to approve a tax hike actually means.Jun 26

• Pasadena Paper Pitches Downtown

  Pasadena Star News recommends Downtown for a weekend getaway, particularly praising the Conservancy walking tours and Engine Co. No. 28.Jun 26

• Traffic Info for Obama Music Center Rally

  LA Observed has an email on traffic info for tomorrow's Obama rally at the Music Center. Nothing too bad, but expect higher than normal traffic on Bunker Hill in the afternoon.Jun 23

• Where's Our Central Park?

  Vaughan Davies of EDAW penned this Times opinion piece talking about the feasibility and the reward of building a park over the 101. See also our story from January.Jun 20

• More Legal Issues for Spector

  The Times reports that the Bonaventure is suing Phil Spector over unpaid bills for stays by Spector and his legal team.Jun 18